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Fans in Hull were given the opportunity to see the Safe Standing Roadshow in all its glory before last Saturday’s home game against Bristol City. The visit was organised by Hull City Official Supporters’ Club (HCOSC) with the co-operation of the stadium management company and the full support of the club’s fanzines – Amber Nectar, City Independent (CI), and Vital Hull.Want the Safe Standing Roadsh...

The FSF's Safe Standing Campaign received a boost today from north of the border with the news that the Scottish Premier League (SPL) will consider requests for pilot safe standing schemes after a general meeting of the league’s 12 clubs. Scotland is not bound by the legislation that banned standing areas in top-flight football in England, which came in to force after the Taylor Report into the Hi...

One of the world’s leading stadium architects has backed safe standing and stated it can be done “without any problems at all”. John Barrow is senior principal at renowned architects Populous and played a key role in designing Wembley Stadium. The firm also designed stadiums for Euro 2004 as well as Soccer City in Johannesburg which hosted the 2010 World Cup final.Barrow made the comments while sp...

Professor Steve Frosdick, founder member of the UK Football Safety Officers' Association and noted expert in crowd safety, has backed the FSF's campaign for rail seating to be allowed as a safe standing alternative to all seater stadia in the top two divisions. Professor Frosdick, speaking at the FSF's open meeting on safe standing held in Liverpool on Thursday 23rd June, said: “I think they've go...

Arsenal Chief Executive Ivan Gazidis has told supporters he is “open” to the possibility of safe standing areas at the Emirates Stadium and acknowledged the positive impact it could have on atmosphere. The comments came at a Q&A organised by Arsenal Supporters’ Trust last night (Monday 13th June).“It is something that I have always been open to,” said Gazidis. “The more I learn about it, the more ...

Step Three of the Football Supporters’ Federation’s Six Steps for Safe Standing needs fans to contact their local MP and ask: "Are you backing Don Foster MP’s Safe Standing Bill?" The more MPs back Foster’s Bill, the better. (It's due for a second reading in Parliament on Friday 21st October 2011, deferred from its original 17th June date).
Steps One and Two were fairly straightforward as we aske...

The FSF's Safe Standing Petition now has more than 12,000 signatories – click here to sign the petition if you haven’t already done so. If you’ve signed the petition, that’s enough, right? Wrong. There’s plenty more to do - we hope every fan in the UK sees our petition and for that we need you, the FSF member and football fan, to get cracking.The FSF’s six for safe standing:Sign the petition here....

The Football Supporters' Federation welcomes the willingness of Wolverhampton Wanderers FC to engage in dialogue with its supporters over the issue of standing. This contrasts with the attitude of some other clubs and football authorities to this difficult issue. The FSF will be pleased to accept the invitation to attend a future Fans' Parliament at Wolves to look at this issue in detail.The FSF a...

The FSF's Safe Standing Petition now has more than 10,000 signatories – click here to sign the petition if you haven’t already done so. If you’ve signed the petition, that’s enough, right? Wrong. There’s plenty more to do - we hope every fan in the UK sees our petition and for that we need you, the FSF member and football fan, to get cracking.The FSF’s six for safe standing:Sign the petition here....